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Pipeline Protesters Greet President Obama at Fundraiser in New York
NEW YORK, N.Y. — As President Obama arrives here for a Democratic campaign fundraiser today, activists with signs and banners are calling on him to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which would c…
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New Storylines Emerging From Climate Negotiations
United Nations climate negotiations will resume in Tianjin, China, on October 4, 2010. This is the first time formal international climate negations are taking place in China. Several stories are…
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Petition Seeks Limits on Greenhouse Gas, Black Carbon Pollution from Locomotives
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and the International Center for Technology Assessment today filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc…
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FDA Urged to Keep Genetically Engineered Salmon Off Consumers Plates
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today experts from environmental, public interest and consumer groups including Friends of the Earth were testifying at public hearings to urge the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis…
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Dead in the water
Friends of the Earth has been working hard to prevent the approval by the FDA of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon. If approved, it would be the first genetically engineered animal to…
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Call on Your Senator to Save the Clean Air Act
The U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations is expected to consider rolling back the Clean Air Act on Thursday, September 16, and the vote could be extremely close. The Clean Air Act is…
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The EPA Must Protect Communities from Toxic Coal Ash
Coal ash is a toxic solid waste generated by coal-burning power plants. It’s shockingly unregulated, and it’s piling up at more than 600 dump sites across the country spanning nearly every state…
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TV Interview on GE Salmon with Friends of the Earth’s Biotech Campaigner
Our biotechnology campaigner, Eric Hoffman, was recently interviewed on the Free Speech TV show “Whistle Where You Work” to discuss the dangers of the genetically engineered (GE) salmon. I…
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U.S. Agency Votes to Finance Giant Coal Plant in India
Washington, D.C. – After bowing to political pressure to reverse its rejection of the 3,960 MW Sasan coal-fired Ultra Mega Power and Mine Project, the United States Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im…
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FDA Close to Approval of Genetically Engineered Salmon
UPDATE: The uproar generated by Friends of the Earth activists and 20 other environmen…